this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2025
60 points (98.4% liked)

Ask Lemmy

35342 readers
970 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

This article got me thinking about it: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/radon-testing-libraries-9.6937952

A lot of items could work, but is there something you think we should prioritize first?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

One thing I'd really like is vehicles, although I'm sure it would be an absolute liability/insurance nightmare, not to mention the upfront and ongoing costs and such, so I totally I totally understand why it's not a thing.

Our regional (gov-esque) insurance corporation (insure your car) also operates a car-booking service called Evo. You pay like $10/mo for the opportunity to sign out a car from street parking, and off you go. Park it anywhere again where it's legal, and even in some places where parking isn't typically allowed. If you don't want to drop and relinquish it, you can choose to keep it for longer, but the clock keeps running while it's sitting under your control.

Drive it home and drop it somewhere allowed. An army of gig people fill the tank overnight. If it's messy or dented, you don't take it and you report it and the last guy pays a bundle. If you take a busted car and the next guy rats on you, you're still paying even though you didn't do it.

It's a pretty tight system.

Mainly Priuses, but they have some family-vans and the odd truck, I think. Maybe it's a competitor. Grab a van, pick up your IKEA, drop it at home, ditch and relinquish the van.

So easy.